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kicked aroundverbpast tense of kick around to give serious and careful thought tothe board spent the afternoon kicking around the feasibility of opening an overseas office chewed over, cogitated, considered, contemplated, debated, deliberated, entertained, eyed, meditated, mulled (over), perpended, pondered, pored (over), questioned, revolved, ruminated, studied, thought (about or over), turned, weighed, wrestled (with) mused (upon), reflected (on or upon), reminiscedanalyzed, explored, reviewedconcluded, reasonedsecond-guessed, speculated (about)brooded (about or over), dwelled (on or upon)(or dwelt (on or upon)), fixated (on or upon), fretted (about or over), obsessed (about or over)believed, conceived, opinedabsorbed, assimilated, digested, drank (in) beat one's brains out (about), chewed on, cudgeled one's brains (about), looked at disregarded, ignored, overlooked, slighteddismissed, pooh-poohed(also poohed), rejected to spend time in aimless activityI really can't do much but kick around at work until I get the rest of the submissions doodled, fiddled (around), fooled around, fribbled, goofed (around), hung about(British), messed around, monkeyed (around), played, pottered (around), puttered (around), trifled dallied, dawdled, dillydallied, hung (around or out)(also hanged (around or out)), idled, loafed, lolled, loungedclowned (around), horsed arounddiddled (with), tinkered buckled (down), knuckled down, settled (down), set (to) to spend time doing nothingspent the afternoon kicking around, while his wife bought out the mall bummed, chilled, dallied, dawdled, dillydallied, droned, footled, goofed (off), hacked (around), hung about(British), hung (around or out)(also hanged (around or out)), idled, kicked back, lazed, lazied, loafed, lolled, lounged, vegged out fiddled (around), fooled, messed, monkeyed, mucked, piddled, played, pottered (around), puttered (around), trifleddozed, estivated(also aestivated), hibernatedlagged, lingered, loitered, poked, relaxed, rested, tarriedambled, moseyed, sauntered, strolled, swannedfurloughed, goldbricked, malingered, truanted killed time, twiddled one's thumbs drudged, ground, grubbed, humped, hustled, labored, moiled, pegged, plodded, plowed, plugged, slaved, sweat(or sweated), toiled, travailed, worked(or wrought)applied, buckled (down)exerted, put out to move about from place to place aimlesslyafter spending a year in Europe kicking around, the backpacker was ready to return home batted, cruised, drifted, floated, gadded (about), gallivanted(also galavanted), knocked (about), maundered, meandered, mooched, rambled, ranged, roamed, roved, traipsed, wandered ambled, sauntered, strolleddawdled, mopedgypsied, hoboed, tramped, vagabondedmilled (about or around)straggled, strayed to inflict physical or emotional harm uponchildren who were raised by an alcoholic father who regularly kicked them around abused, brutalized, bullied, ill-treated, ill-used, maltreated, manhandled, messed over(slang), mishandled, mistreated, misused molested, outraged, violatedharassed, harmed, hurt, injured, oppressed, persecuted, tormented, torturedburned(or burnt), sandbagged, victimized, wrongedbeat (up), messed (up), roughed (up), worked (over) took apart cared (for), cherished, fostered, nurturedbabied, catered (to), coddled, favored, gratified, humored, indulged, mollycoddled, pampered, spoiled(or chiefly British spoilt) |